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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education have empowered students all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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